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I remember the joy at realising I could get to the Cairngorms for free (well…a £2 booking fee). Suddenly, I could access many of the finest mountains in the country for less than the price of a pint: from Ben Nevis to Brarieach, the world was my oyster. During my degree, I’ve used the Young…

I don’t write a blog about every trip I do, particularly trips with other people. The nicest thing about writing a blog is the reflective element: it replace the conversation you’d have at the pub after a day out. In this post – I show some pictures from recent trips that didn’t make the cut…

I left Edinburgh on Friday – as usual it was a busy week: deadlines and dissertations looed over. Getting out to the hills, even for just a day, felt stressful – but for me that is when it’s most important to make the time to get outside and step away from the crowds. I took…

Chronology is not the strong point of this blog. This is a write-up of a trip I did back in November through the Cairngorms just before the winter season began, and it was a truly beautiful couple of days alone in the mountains. Solitude in the mountains is like an old friend, one whom you…

There is something wonderful about the feeling of a long hill day. They always feel surreal: the early start, lacing up frozen boots, walking in the pre-dawn darkness with thoughts somehow feeling soft and bouncy, the second life when the sun rises and the bliss of the first hours of walking feeling free, and that…